Protector for pencils and the like



A/R. FELSTRUP.

PROTECTOR FOR PENCILS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1919.

1,362,406. Patented Dec.14,1920.

147'7'05NE76S PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW R. FELSTRUP, 0F PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

PROTECTOR FOR PENCILS AND THE Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 14, 1920'.

Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 330,415.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that 1, ANDREW R. FnLs'rRUr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Pencils and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make a protector for penoils, fountain pens, pocket books, eyeglasses and the like, and my invention conslsts of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective of an eyeglass case provided with a protector in accordance with the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the protector shown in Fig. 1, the View being taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a pencil provided with a protector.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the protector shown in Fig. 4, the view being taken look ing in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 in Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 is a diametrical sectional detail on the lines 6-6 of Figs. 5 and 8 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 6. v

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 8 in Fig. 7

The protector 1 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is a thick soft elastic rubber band having a fiat homogeneous body 2 and saw teeth 3 extending from the edge of the body 52. Preferably the saw teeth 3 have beveled inner faces 4: so that the points 5 of the teeth are in line with the outer surface 6 of the band.

The protector thus constructed is stretched upon .the eyeglass case 7 with the teeth 3 projecting upwardly and the points 5 projecting outwardly, so that when the eye glass case 7 is inserted into a pocket the teeth 3 having the points 5 will project upwardly and outwardly to engage the material of the pocket and assist in holding the eyeglass case in the pocket and reduce the liability of the eyeglass case being ejected from the pocket. In a similar manner the protector may be applied to pocketbooks and similar articles.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 the protector 8 is a thick soft elastic rubber band. The band 8 has a conical body 9 extending from the bearing opening 10 through which the pencil or the like is inserted and saw teeth 11 extending from the large end of the body 9 upwardly and outwardly. The saw teeth are preferably formed with V-shaped notches and the teeth have beveled inner faces 12 so that the points 13 project outwardly beyond the periphery of the body 9.

The protector thus constructed may be applied to fountain pens, pencils and similar articles, and when applied to a pencil 14c or the like, as in Fig. 4., the teeth 11 project upwardly and outwardly to engage the material of the pocket and hold the pencil or the like in the pocket.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

A pocket protector for pencils, and the like, comprising an elastic band having an outwardly projecting edge, notches in said edge forming pointed teeth, the inner faces of said teeth being beveled from their points, the outer faces thereof lying in a plane with the continued outer face of the band.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ANDREW R. FELSTRU'P. 

